Cigar and cigarette holder.



A. P. no'uaos. CIGAR AND ClGARh TTE HOLDER. APPLICATION FI I.ED JUNE 21.1918.

Patented Jan. 7,1919.

' ANDREW P, DOUROS, TACOMA, VJASHINGTON.

CIGAEBJ AND CIGARETTE HOLDER.

1 Application filed June 27. 1918; Serial No. 242,172.

ToaZZ echo-m it may 60mm.- Be it known that 1, ANDREW P. Dom os, a'citizen of Greece, residing at Tacoma, in

the county of Pierceand State of -Washington, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders, of which thefollowing is a specificati'on.

- I This invention relates to cigar and ciga rette holders and has forits object the propic-h'ing it out with a pin or similar means.

" A further object is the provision of a holder of this character theparts of which, and-especially the ejecting member, may be easilydisassembled for cleaning.

An important object is the provision'of such a device which will consistof theminimum number of parts, which will therefore be simple andinexpensive to manufacture, elficient in use and durable in service.

With these and other objects and advantages in view tending toward thegeneral improvement or" the art, the invent-ion consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement arts to be hereinafter more fully describedand claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device holding a cigar,

Fig. "2 is a similar view i parts in ejecting position,

, Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig.4 is an elevation of the device showingithe parts disassembled.

eferring more particularly to the draw'-' ing, the numeral 5 designatesthe bit or mouth piece which is of the usual construction, having thebore 6 and reduced end ex-' tension 7, and which may be formed of anysuitable material; The bore 6 merges into a. socket 8 which is square incross-section, as shown in Fig. 3. Y

The cigar or cigarette engaging member comprises a cylindrical sleeve 9recessed at one end, as shown at 10, for, slidable and revolubleengagement upon the extension 7. At its central portion, the sleeve isprovided with a threaded bore 11 which merges into an outwardly flaringrecess 12 receiving the endof the cigar or cigarette.

The ejecting member comprises a body Specification of Letters Patent.

' rotate the sleeve 9 with the other in a llustrating the ratnteuaan.1919.

an integral reduced-shank lsquar'e in cross-- section disposed withinthe square socket 8 of the mouthpiece. The ejecting member'is providedwith a longitudinal bore 15.

\ With the parts assembled as describedJ- and in the position shown inFig. 1,-the de-' vice is used by placingthe bit in the mouth I and acigar or cigarette in the opening 12 of the sleeve, as will be obvious.Smoke drawn from the cigar will pass through the bore 15 of the ejectorand through the bore I 6 in the usual manner. When the cigar orcigarette has been. smoked to the desired extent, in order to eject thestub it is nerely necessary to grasp the bit 5 in one hand and righthanddirection. As the ejector cannot turn,v owing to the engagement of'thesquare shank within the square socket, the engagement of the threadedportion 11 of the sleeve with the threaded head of the ejector'willcausethe ejectorto be moved longitudinally to ward and into the flaringopening 12, ford.

ing the stub out of the opening, as shownin Fig. 2. By rotating thesleeve 9 in thereverse direction the ejector is returned to its initial.position." When the ejector is returned to its innermost position theend of the shank 14; will abut against the shoulder 165 and preventfurther rotation of the sleeve.

If desired, the parts may be separated by pulling the sleeve 9longitudinally from the extension by From the foregoing description anda study of the drawing it will be apparent that I have thus provided aholder for the purpose specified whereby a -,stub maybe easily andquickly ejected without touching it with the fingers, with theconsequent danger of burning them,

sity for pickingit out will be, eliminated.

It will of course be understood that do not wish to be limited to the.proportions and Specific shape shown as I reserve the right part fromthezspirit of the invention or the scope of the claim.

Having thus descnbed my invention, v v no :claim: A cigar andcigaretteholder compris ng a bit provided at one 7 and then unscrewing theejector rotating the shank 1 lbetween the fingers;

and whereby any necesto make, such changes as will not de-.

.end with aa squared.

socket, a reduced cylindrical extension on sleeve will be rotatable inrespect to said bit,

enden' ejector member including a threaded head engaged within thethreaded portion of said sleeve ande reduced squared shank 10 slidableWithin said socket; i

In testimony whereof 1 hereto affix my signature ANDREW P. DOUROS.

